Scarlet Seymour is Overpowered by Gold Garroters
Mountie Seymour is ambushed near the Last Frontier by the Gold garroters and knocked unconscious. The assault follows his pursuit of Bart Caswell’s killer and his plan to expose the Montreal gang with widow Mrs. Caswell’s help.
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King Street
Oll
Barton Caswell
Montreal
Bart
Seymour
Duperon
Marge
Force
Orange Grove
California
Alaska
Ruth Duperow
Mrs. Cas
Cato
Rene Leta
Spakatinds Wases
Halifax Nurse Seeks Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs. S M Coleman of Halifax writes asking for sample copies of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to share with women suffering ailments. She notes her own fatigue headaches and sleep issues and mentions reading about the product in newspapers. She offers to answer letters from other women about the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Dublin
Ontario
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Awakening in a Frontier Jail
Sergeant Seymour awakes in a sunlit cabin to a throbbing head and possible robbery. He discovers a secure belt and pistol, then notes iron bars in the window, realizing he is prisoner in a frontier jail under Deputy Sheriff Samuel Hardley.
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Seymour
Samuel Hardley
Silent Capture in a Glacier Creek Jail Plot
Hardley observes Seymour in the jail as deputy Hartley contemplates guarding him. A bloodless ambush with a blanket and a hidden gun shifts the balance, while Hardley’s carelessness and a bottle of brandy heighten the tension. The undercover game strains Hartley’s nerve as evening wears on.
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Brewster
Bonanza
Hardiey
Seymour
Hardie
Hardley
O'Malley
Glacier Creek
Bart
Ruth Duperow
Perforce
Hartiey
Shrine proposal for Captain Cook memorial at Kealakekua Bay
Sir Joseph Carruthers urged establishing a British national shrine at Kealakekua Bay Hawaii where Captain Cook was slain. He pledged Australian support to secure a land right of way to the monument, linking U S Britain and Australia. He noted the Hawaii shrine would honor Cook who discovered Australia and Hawaii.
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Kealakekua Bay
Hawaii
James Cook
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Joseph Carruthers
Australia
Joseph
Australia Commonwealth
Kona
Capt. Cook
United States
Great Britain
Sir Joseph
Bay
Cook
Pacific
Busy diner bill prompts era slang debate
A humorous exchange features a waiter and customer discussing items on a bystander bill. The waiter defines terms like bungalow fluff and cottage padding with prices, reflecting period slang and dining room chatter.
Husband Discovers Sweet Cure for Wife's Temper
A husband calmly handles his wife's outbursts by using confections as a soothing method and praises the sugar coating process for its gentle, comforting effect.
Canadians as a nation of kickers kept for emergencies
The Woodstock Sentinel Review comments on Mr. Justice Riddell’s remark that Canadians are “a nation of kickers.” It clarifies Canadians are not chronic complainers but will vigorously protest when needed, using kicking to safeguard responsible government, Confederation, public ownership, and against monopolists.
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Justice Riddell
Confederation
Canada
Canadians
Woodstock
Strange Coronation Coronet Surfaces In London Shop
A Mayfair antiquary houses a coronet tied to George IV, once misidentified as a potato ring. It bears the hallmarks of Paul Stoff, the famed London goldsmith, and likely dates to the coronation era. Wars and democracy altered peer prerogatives as peers pawned or exchanged such headgear.
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London
England
Paul Stoff
King IV
Edward
Lord
Aylesbury
Pelican Club
Compulsory voting debate echoes historic struggles
The New York Times notes how centuries of effort expanded voting rights for all adults, yet in a country with both men and women eligible there are proposals to make voting compulsory and penalize nonvoters. The piece reflects on civic rights and the tension between access and obligation in democratic practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Changes At Vimy Ridge News Reveals New Memorial Work
Brig General H T Hughes reports on postwar changes across the French Belgian battlefields. Five contracts near completion include a road across Hill 145 and memorial parks at St Julien Bourlon Wood Courcelette and La Quesnal Wood. A German tunnel was unearthed during road construction at Vimy Ridge.
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Vimy Ridge
H. T. Hughes
Canadian Battlefield Memorial Commission
Canada
Ottawa
Hughes
Hill 145
St. Julien
Bourlon Wood
Courcelette
la Quesnal Wood
Army Tightens Entry Rules With Literature Test
Applicants for British Army privates and noncommissioned officers must pass a literature and reading exam. The amended regulations require reading 30 books before the test, including Palgrave’s Golden Treasury, Shakespeare’s Henry V Richard II and Henry VIII, A Tale of Two Cities, Old Mortality, Lorna Doone, and Life of Nelson.
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Palgraves
Lorna Doone
Little Helps For This Week
A collection of brief moral reflections urging reciprocity and kindness. The excerpt cites biblical guidance from Matthew and quotes Alice Cary, noting how a just and good treatment fosters similar responses and referencing Fredrika Bremer's tale of transformation through loving speech.
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Fredrika Bremer
Jupiter’s Rapid Spin Sets Nine-Hour Day
Jupiter’s diameter is about ten times Earth’s, yet its rotation is so fast that a day on the gas giant lasts roughly nine hours and fifty minutes.
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Jupiter
Earth
The Great Teacher Experience in Life Education
Prof Dallas L Sharp of Boston University argues that schooling mainly starts at six or sixteen and true education begins after leaving school. He says graduates must unlearn much learned in school and that youth overestimates the ease of success, as echoed by Bangor Commercial.
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Dallas L. Sharp
Boston University
Bangor Commercial
Fall Weather Harms Children Prompt Home Remedy
Canadian autumn brings sudden warmth and wet cold which upset infants. Baby illness rises with colds cramps and stomach upset. Baby's Own Tablets promise to soothe the stomach regulate bowels and aid thriving. Sold by dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 25 cents a box.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Sixty Visitors Drown at Wembley Lake Exhibition
The London Herald notes up to last month sixty visitors fell into the lake at Wembley Exhibition. Some visitors were not counted, including those who walked through the lake on wet days, indistinguishable from other attendees.
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Wembley
London Herald
Gizeh Pyramid Holds 6 Million Tons of Stone
The great Cheops pyramid at Gizeh is said to contain 89,000,600 cubic feet of masonry and an estimated total stone weight over 6,000,000 tons.
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Cheops
Gizeh Group
The Iron Worker’s Adage
A proverb contrasts patience with action noting that fools wait for heat while the prudent forge it by striking. The saying emphasizes proactive effort and practical effort over idle waiting.
Appealing Health and Beauty Charm in Ontario Ad
Mrs Harvey Dishman of 184 Jory Street praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine after motherhood. She says her health and strength returned quickly and recommends the remedy to weak and ailing women. The ad invites readers to ask a druggist or send for a trial bottle from Bridgeburg Ontario and Dr Pierce in Buffalo.
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London
Dr. Pierce
Harvey Dishman
Jory Street
Bridgeburg
Ont
Dr Pierce
President Invalids Hotel
Buffalo
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F. D. Goodchild
Terente
Halifax
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Ben Rosita Od
Captain Cook
Sir Joseph Carruthers
Coronet
Canada Starch Co, Limited
Edwardsburg
Army
Goodness
Gladnear
Alice Cary
Mrs. Harvey Dishman
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